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Soul Machines helps you build lifelike AI avatars for face-to-face digital conversations. It suits businesses, creators, and teams that want more engaging AI assistants, with easy setup and flexible integrations.

Guides & Articles

Are AI girlfriends and boyfriends changing how we see real relationships?

Are AI girlfriends and boyfriends changing how we see real relationships?

AI companions are exploding in popularity, but media reactions look very different depending on whether men or women are using them. This article unpacks that d…

How to build an agentic AI operating system with Claude Opus 4.8 and Ultra Code

How to build an agentic AI operating system with Claude Opus 4.8 and Ultra Code

Claude Opus 4.8 introduces Ultra Code and dynamic workflows that can spin up teams of AI agents to build complex tools with minimal human input. This guide walk…

Why Chinese AI is suddenly so good: DeepSeek, Seedance 2.0, and the new AI stack

Why Chinese AI is suddenly so good: DeepSeek, Seedance 2.0, and the new AI stack

Chinese AI models like DeepSeek and video tools like Seedance 2.0 have shocked the industry. Here’s how China went from hardware disadvantage to software and da…

The ultimate Codex tutorial for beginners (GPT 5.5 edition)

The ultimate Codex tutorial for beginners (GPT 5.5 edition)

Learn how to install OpenAI Codex, connect it to your tools, and use GPT 5.5 to build landing pages, automate newsletters, create marketing plans, and generate …

How to build a self-improving AI second brain in Claude

How to build a self-improving AI second brain in Claude

Learn how to turn Claude into a personal librarian that builds, maintains, and audits your own AI-powered knowledge base. No Obsidian, no databases, and no code…

Elon Musk, OpenAI, and the global AI power struggle

Elon Musk, OpenAI, and the global AI power struggle

A courtroom clash between Elon Musk and Sam Altman, growing public distrust of AI, and a high-stakes chip race between the US and China are reshaping who contro…

Why everyone is arguing about whether AI progress has slowed down

Why everyone is arguing about whether AI progress has slowed down

Is AI progress speeding up or stalling out? This article breaks down the debate over post‑GPT‑4 progress, coding agents, and whether AI is really helping build …

AI agent fundamentals: tools, autonomy, and how to build your own

AI agent fundamentals: tools, autonomy, and how to build your own

AI agents are more than just chatbots. They combine large language models with tools, memory, and external knowledge to act autonomously. This guide breaks down…

OpenClaw 4.20: the update that makes AI agents actually useful

OpenClaw 4.20: the update that makes AI agents actually useful

OpenClaw 4.20 is a major upgrade for AI agents, bringing a smarter default model, reliable iMessage support, rock-solid scheduled tasks, and tighter security. H…

Grok AI’s chilling answer to the Fermi paradox: why aliens might already know we’re here

Grok AI’s chilling answer to the Fermi paradox: why aliens might already know we’re here

MIT researchers asked Grok, xAI’s flagship model, a simple question: if the universe is full of planets, where is everyone? Its multi-step, physics-grounded ans…